If there is an opposite to the mountains here at home, it’s the sea. And just as the night welcomes morning, and Yin embraces Yang, so do I also find solitude in the waves of the ocean. A pair of sand dollars blanketed by sea foam at Westport Beach, Washington Sunrise on the marina at Yaquina Bay, Newport, Oregon A lone kayaker paddles to Deception Island, Rosario Straight, Washington A soft, warm sunrise over the fishing boats of Yaquina Bay, Newport, Oregon An assortment of gulls and a lone Oyster Catcher on Cannon Beach, Oregon Ocean sunset near Kona, Hawaii A sand dollar reflects the sunset on the beach at Westport, Washington. The Westport fishing fleet on a wet November day. Sea foam and sunset at Westport, Washington.